Module Code: H8EFS
Long Title e-Finance and Services
Title e-Finance
Module Level: LEVEL 8
EQF Level: 6
EHEA Level: First Cycle
Credits: 10
Module Coordinator: TONY DELANEY
Module Author: Simon Caton
Departments: School of Computing
Specifications of the qualifications and experience required of staff  
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Discuss nancial markets and how they work
LO2 Discuss financial markets and how they work
LO3 Distinguish among the principal classes of securities and alternative investments
LO4 Analyse new technology developments in FinTech as well as their regulatory issues
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is required before enrolment on this module. While the prior learning is expressed as named NCI module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Entry requirements  
 

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
Introduction to Capital Market, Banks and other Financial Institutions
The nature, role and function of nancial markets, including money, bond, equity and derivatives market. Financial Institutions and roles, Primary and Secondary markets, Exchange Trading vs Over the Counter (OTC), Front, Middle and Back Office roles, Buy side/Sell side.  Commercial, Retail and Investment Banking, Role of the Central Bank, the ECB in the EU and the Eurozone and the Fed in the US, Credit and Liquidity ratios.  Regulation in Finance
Principles of Economics, Finance and Risk Management
Economic considerations of money (Monetary Policy, Quantity Theory of Money, Neo-Classical Theory.)  Time Value of Money. Return and Risk;
Introduction to Securities, Asset Classes and FOREX.
Debt and Bond Markets, Equities and Stock Markets, Foreign Exchange and Money Markets, Alternative Investment Markets, Funds, Indices, Differing Returns on Different Asset Classes - Growth vs Income.
Technology in Financial Markets
Fundamentals of FinTech for Modern Markets HFT, data analytics and machine learning in quants teams, big data in risk assessment and portfolio optimisation, BitCoin and other virtual as well as complimentary currencies etc. Consideration of the strategic, operational and ethical implications of technology advancement.
Evolving nature of FinTech within Markets
Regulatory and pragmatic effects of technology and digitisation and the future for Finance and Markets.
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework40.00%
End of Module Assessment60.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Coursework
Assessment Type: Continuous Assessment % of total: 40
Assessment Date: n/a Outcome addressed:  
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
Selected Case Studies in e-Finance
End of Module Assessment
Assessment Type: Terminal Exam % of total: 60
Assessment Date: End-of-Semester Outcome addressed:  
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
n/a
No Workplace Assessment
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

NCIRL reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Module Target Workload Hours 0 Hours
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture No Description 24 Every Week 24.00
Tutorial No Description 24 Every Week 24.00
Independent Learning No Description 202 Every Week 202.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 48.00
 

Module Resources

Recommended Book Resources
  • Kay, John. (2016), Other Peoples Money, Main. [ISBN: 1781254451].
  • DeFusco, Richard A. et al. (2015), Quantitative Investment Analysis (CFA Institute Investment Series), Wiley, [ISBN: 1781254451].
  • Lee, David and Kuo Chuen. (2015), Handbook of Digital Currency: Bitcoin, Innovation, Financial Instruments,, Academic Press, [ISBN: 0128021179.].
  • Valdez, Stephen and Philip Molyneux. (2015), An Introduction to Global Financial Markets., Palgrave Macmillan, [ISBN: 1137497556.].
  • Rishi K. Narang. Inside the Black Box: The Simple Truth About Quantitative Trading, Wiley, p.352, [ISBN: 1118362411].
  • Maureen Burton, Reynold Nesiba, Bruce Brown. (2010), An introduction to financial markets and institutions, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y., [ISBN: 0765622769.].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
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